Category Archives: Project Gallery

Revive Your Faded Backyard Decks with East Teak and Woodrich Brand ® It’s that time for barbecues, backyard parties and family outdoor fun, summertime is in full swing! Yet along with the many joys of the season, also comes the cleaning and upkeep required to get your backyard, including the deck, ready for those social occasions.…

East Teak is now stocking FSC (100% ) Poplar! Poplar is an inexpensive hardwood species used primarily in architectural mouldings, and used by builders as a standard wood for base boards, door and window trim, casing and crown mouldings. The company is stocking paint-grade, 4/4 random widths and lengths, and sells rough lumber or…

To follow up my previous article, we will continue to discuss deck face screwing and plugging methods. Again, I’m a huge fan of face screwing/plugging, not only for the aesthetics, but also structurally ( it’s easier to replace a failed board. All you have to do is drill out the plug and unscrew…

I can speak from personal experience on this topic. In 2007, I designed and built an Ipe deck at my father’s house around his pool. This was a project house, and you can see from the first picture that the old deck and fence had to go. The engineering challenge was to…